Name: Knowledge Exchange: Staff Support and Wellbeing
Start: 2026-01-27T13:00:00+00:00
Location: Aberdeen Music Hall

Knowledge Exchange: Staff Support and Wellbeing

Join Youth Theatre Arts Scotland at Aberdeen Music Hall to discuss how to stave off burnout and support your teams of staff and freelancers to reach their full potential.
How do you stave off burnout and keep your staff inspired and healthy? We know from our research that the sector is under-resourced and supporting complex needs of the young people we work with, so how can we prioritise wellbeing with limited resources?
In this Knowledge Exchange session, we’ll focus on ideas and schemes for supporting your teams of staff and freelancers to reach their full potential. Come along if you’re a manager with ideas to share, if you are a freelancer with requests and examples, or if you’re just at a complete loss and full of questions.

What’s a Knowledge Exchange?
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Building on previous exchange events and practical Swap Shops, our series of Knowledge Exchange events are facilitated meetings about a specific topic or trend that we have identified in the sector.
They are a space to come together and share knowledge in all forms, whether that’s discussing projects you’re involved in, offering a sneak-peak at policies you’re writing, sharing processes and admin top tips, or making new connections across the sector.
Knowledge Exchange sessions won’t aim to solve the issues presented or invent new projects, although they may lead to actions for Future Us… by attending, you’ll be helping YTAS to identify further ways to support and advocate for the amazing work of the youth theatre sector.

Who is it for?
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Knowledge Exchange events are open to all YTAS members, those representing organisations as well as freelancers. The conversations will likely centre around topics which are relevant to managers or those responsible for implementing change within their organisations, but we welcome a wide range of knowledge and experience.
There is no minimum or maximum number of attendees – whoever comes along are the right people to come along and we will hold everyone’s knowledge and experience with the same importance.
YTAS staff will host and facilitate each meeting, document the conversations, and share notes at the end. We have programmed the first six topics for this year (with further dates to add for some topics), but we welcome ideas for future exchange.
Meetings will be a mix of virtual gatherings as well as regionally-focused conversations. If you have a venue and are interested in hosting a Knowledge Exchange in your region, get in touch!